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Telangana women farmers lead the way to safer agriculture
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Farmer Radhika Anishetty, 32, of Narsingana village in Jaishankar Bhupalapally district (erstwhile Warangal district) of Telangana, used to stock at least five cans of harmful pesticides at home for up to three months, to be sprayed periodicall
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Sterlite bags Rs 1,800 crore T-Fiber project for 3,000 gram panchayats in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Data network solutions provider Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL) said on Thursday it has been awarded the mandate to create a high-speed rural broadband network from Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation Ltd (T-Fiber).
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Hindustan Lever Q2 net profit up 21 pc to Rs 1,848 crore
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Monday posted net profit of Rs 1,848 crore during the July to September quarter, up 21 per cent year-on-year.
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AXA XL announces partnership with charity WaterAid
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 03 (ANI/NewsVoir): As part of its efforts to improve water resilience around the world, AXA XL today announced that it has entered into a three-year partnership with international charity WaterAid to help provide more than ten thousand people in rural India with acce
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Reducing duty on dairy products would cause major unrest among rural India
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Wednesday urged the central government to not sign Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations while cautioning that any such move would cause major unrest among rural India and adversely affect
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Farmers backbone of country, govt should priortise development of rural In
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday acknowledged the farmers of the country as the backbone of the nation and stated that it is the responsibility of both state and Centre to priortise development of rural parts of the country.
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NIRDPR study: Many Gram Panchayats use RO as fashionable infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 25 (ANI): A study conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on the subject of setting up of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants in Rural India revealed that many village bodies had installed such plants without any need and o
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Budget 2019-20: Every rural family to have electricity, clean cooking faci
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022.
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Centre to use digital technology to transform agriculture, double farmers'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): In a bid to double farmers' income by the year 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is set to use digital technology to modernise and organise agricultural activities in rural India.
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Adoption of common business practices lead to increased adoption of cookst
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): A new study has found that adoption of common business practices like upgrading the supply chain, careful market analysis and discount can lead to increase purchase and adoption of improved cookstoves by 50 per cent in rural India.
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Greenlight Planet's solar fans to keep rural India cool this summer
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Greenlight Planet, an organization that designs, distributes and finances solar home energy products has recently launched the Sun King Fan, a portable solar-powered fan.
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Jagrut' an NGO run by Narendra Hirani, very known social activists in the western part of Mumbai has currently taken up a major issue to provide free sanitary pads to females in the village.
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